To my surprise, I'm actually happy

Before coming up to the Bay, I was scared. Not necessarily of the transition away from what I knew but the transition into the abominable life of rigid structure and meaningless routine. I live for the spontaneous, and the opposite only cracks from the drought of feeling alive. Safe to say, my college life was unorganized, random, and at times irresponsible. The sunrise and I were best friends (alarm clock hated that). Class? Unheard of. Drank on occasion (okay, that’s a lie). Carl’s Jr. and L&L were my executive chefs. Definitely did things my parents would kill me over, which I am not proud of to this day. Essentially, I did what made me happy. And everything else, I did enough to get me by on my standards. And after all of that, I can say college was the best 5 years of my life thus far.

And now, that brings me here. In the Bay. My life day-to-day is the same. Aaron and I struggle to figure out what to do on the weekends. Loneliness prevails time and time again. Safe to say, work will never be like KP board, which is a bad thing for those who weren’t sure, haha. I will never come to terms with the near-Alaskan temperatures. Leisure time is a scarcity. Different, shall I say? But I’m happy.

I wake up at 5am, which makes both sunrise and alarm clock happy. No class, thank goodness, but my cubicle is great. Drink on occasion (and that’s the truth). Who’s my executive chef now? Check out brentoboxes.blogspot.com. I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T, do you know what that means? I am a homeowner, what the hell. Mission: Get all my friends to the Bay, will be accomplished in 2 years, I promise! (Regardless, I still see them via webcam, AIM, and after drives through where the deer and antelope play) Heroes and Fringe keep me sane. Actually, Aaron and Larsen help the most in that department, but we’re on a mission to find new people via craigslist and match.com, lol.

Yeah, life will never be like how it was in college. It can’t be. But comparing what I love and hate about this life, the former still dominates. Though I always think about what life can be, I appreciate it for what it is in the moment and for the privilege of the life I hold in my hands. Things could be worse. But they aren’t. And for that, I couldn’t be happier.